Pulling old posts from ground video info

[Marctrees]

Very nice simple, safe technique for many situations.

Only thing is I would take a bit of more effort than in video and keep tire tight to pole as possible throughout process, at least if needed.

To keep pull force more vertical, for deeper and/ or more anchored posts.

The post in the video was not very deep, and had no concrete. Marc

 

[Thumper68]

I've used that method a few times when I could get a truck close enough to do so, a bigger tire helps.

 

[Marctrees]

Definately, the larger the tire the better.

And inflation - enough to keep chain from sinking in excessively, but not toooo much to make a super firm hard crown. Marc

 

[larry4406]

Am I the only one that was waiting for the chain to break, recoil, and slap him in the forehead?

 

[Playwme]

Am I the only one that was waiting for the chain to break, recoil, and slap him in the forehead?

Nope. that doesn't look safe at all.

 

[cvairwerks]

Engine hoist or high lift jack is way easier and faster. Both will work with broken posts if you run a big lag thru the chain into the post.

 

[Jazz1]

I used engine hoist,,,there were a lot of things that could go wrong with his method..Like a post between the legs.. Darwin award for sure.

 

[Rewind97]

You can do the same thing with just a bare rim. I wouldn't be worried about the chain breaking, but wouldn't stand that close either, no need to stand there and wiggle the post.

 

[theoldwizard1]

I consider myself some what of an expert in pulling post set in concrete having done over 20 at my son's in the past 5 years. I have tried the tire method with very little success.


BY FAR THE FASTEST AND EASIEST METHOD !

That lump of concrete on the end is over 200 lbs !

If you don't want to build my "patent pending post puller", then buy a high lift jack.

 

[Marctrees]

Ok Ok.

Well, it looked good to me.

But I would not be standing in any danger zone. Marc

 

[wasfuzz]

Once saw someone killed by a tow chain breaking, I have a healthy respect for them. Maybe with a tow strap, but I think I just keep using the cherry picker or high lift jack if the skid steer is not available!

 

[ard]

I just use the bucket on the front end loader...

Never used a tire. I like a 4x4 (or whatever) post, at a 45 degree angle, under the chain. As you pull the 4x4 tries to 'stand up', increasing the upwards force on your post in the ground. (A steeper angle increases the up force.) Plus it is much smaller, easier to handle, less messy than a full size tire flopping about.

 

[Todd.Brock]

I will be doing this in the next few weeks. Since I now have a cherry picker, that will be instrument of extraction. Hopefully those 2 bags of quick Crete come out easy.

 

[greg86z28]

I had to remove probably 10-15 posts when we moved onto our farm (we weren't doing any farming or livestock).

I drilled a hole at the base of the post, then pushed a big bolt through and used my floor jack (with a 2x4 to support front wheels).

This worked great for me. Sometimes you had to drill a 2nd hole if the floor jack was jacked up too high and was starting to pull away from the post.

These were your standard 6" (?) pressure treated posts that you commonly see on farms. Not set in concrete.

 

[RandyRanderson]

For T posts I used to wait until after a good rain and wiggle them around, then pull up by hand. Wooden posts I dug up. Now I have a backhoe, I can just loop a chain and yank them out.

 

[Falcon67]

Got a tree that might work for.

 

[KRB52]

Am I the only one that was waiting for the chain to break, recoil, and slap him in the forehead?

I was thinking the truck driver was going to floor it, particularly when he was straddling the chain. I guess this will work if all you have is a truck, a chain and an old tire, but no shovel.

 

[seanc_mt]

Used to do it by hand. Now I have a mini ex. Much more fun.

 

[The Cobbler]

I'm thinking that a post that's 4' in the ground, set in concrete ,& partially rotted, would bring a totally different result to this method.

 

[ard]

Fwiw... with rotted or broken posts in concrete:

Expose the top few inches of concrete- then cinch a cable, chain or strap around the concrete...

Pull up over, whatever your method is.

Also, throw a hose on it, dribbling, for a day or two. (Doesnt rain here, May-Sept)

 

[larry4406]

I had to remove several fence posts lately. Not set in concrete. I used a 16' 2x6, drilled a hole 1' from one end, ran a lag thru the hole into the post, then used a piece of wood as a fulcrum and popped them right out.

 

[buddyboy]

i had a bunch of posts that were all set in concrete that needed to be removed.

by far the following method is the easiest

a friend of a friend is a drug addict thief

I let him overhear me tell a friend I hid 5 Grand worth of gold and silver under a fence post along my property line.

next morning all the fence posts were laying on the ground